The latest version of Avast! antivirus features outstanding detection capabilities, together with high performance. You can expect 100% detection of viruses already spreading between users and excellent detection of unknown threats based on heuristics.

Many viruses attempt to switch off a computer's antivirus software. To help keep your protection working against the latest threats that may try to disable your security protection, Avast! has best-in-class strong self-protection built in.

Spyware is malicious software surreptitiously installed on a computer that is designed to collect information about the computer user, without their knowledge or consent. This can result in so called identity theft, or theft of valuable information including financial data and proprietary business data.

Avast! features a module for the protection of IM (Instant Messaging) programs, and a module for the protection of P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing programs.

Rootkits are installed on your computer in order to keep themselves and malicious activities hidden to remain invisible to the use and are notoriously difficult to find and remove.

This module provides protection against known internet exploits and attacks. It analyses all network traffic and scans for malicious payloads. It can be viewed as a firewall, or more precisely, an IDS (Intrusion Detection System).